It is. Medical bills are the most common reason Americans file for bankruptcy. My wife needed surgery last week, has pretty good insurance, and the out of pocket expense still wiped our savings a fair bit. If it weren’t for a royalty check I received, just in time, we’d be on the verge of the same thing in one month’s time. We’ll still barely survive it and it will take at least a year to be able to replace the savings spent. My example is still a moderately privileged one, it’s an exception. We still almost lost everything. To make sure my wife didn’t cripple further.
Personally, I need to work to live. I can’t take time off because if I do I have no money for food or my family. I don’t have enough saved to take any sort of significant time off to do something like protest. So I am stuck between wanting change but being stuck in a cycle to keep me and my family alive.
I think this is the reality for most Americans. They beat us into a corner and now the only way out is lashing out in a rage that will more than likely cripple a huge chunk of the population.
That’s exactly what they want, people too tired and too desperate to stop and protest. Can we somehow organize a day for mass protest? Like one day, even one afternoon, where everyone demands change?
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u/CoziestSheet Jan 25 '25
It is. Medical bills are the most common reason Americans file for bankruptcy. My wife needed surgery last week, has pretty good insurance, and the out of pocket expense still wiped our savings a fair bit. If it weren’t for a royalty check I received, just in time, we’d be on the verge of the same thing in one month’s time. We’ll still barely survive it and it will take at least a year to be able to replace the savings spent. My example is still a moderately privileged one, it’s an exception. We still almost lost everything. To make sure my wife didn’t cripple further.